Overpowered Guns used to Cheat in Battle

[@Simplehistory]

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[@malvinasArgentinas-e6l]

As a part German user I hate shotguns

[@Marcel-fo2cb]

So the UZI is like the THOMPSON in the 1920s

[@tibrokillen111]

France was first using gas on the battlefield, they deployed tear gas in August 1914

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

0:28 Magnum3.0 reference?

[@tibrokillen111]

I heard it first at the Great War channel but I do have a written referenser too

[@number1yota]

Fun Fact: Gatling Guns are still legal to own in the US because they are not considered to be Automatic Weapons by the ATF. They're expensive though.

[@Matty-kelly]

God bless america

[@JackofNothingess]

Murica!

[@ratgobbler]

Yup. You can get Gatling Guns that take Glock mags. My local range has one.

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

​@@ratgobbler What round of Gatling gun was?

[@ratgobbler]

@@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 What?

[@acem82]

“If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.” John Steinbeck

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

"The only rule of war is win" Unknown

[@brothertoa754]

Straight up!!!!

[@ezekielpotter294]

Fuckin A right no such thing as a "fair fight "

[@JJAG0102]

Fair fights are for sports. War is for winning.

[@chrisk3]

I like this

[@nizaralsaidi4279]

"Just plain unfair" Has there ever been a war that's fair ?

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

it's called gaining advantage

[@blechkopp1632]

Not a war but look up "Combat of the Thirty", one of the best examples of a "fair fight"

[@greggrace967]

No such thing as a fair fight.

[@robertkarp2070]

All's fair in love and war.

[@keegobricks9734]

I feel the same way about steroids in sports.

[@justinforgette11]

Honorable mention: the 155mm Howitzer can be used as a direct fire death cannon if needed. Not sure if it was ever used in such a way but it's definitely something you absolutely do not want to be in the business end of.

[@greggrace967]

The 105 with flechet and bee hive rounds were used all the time in Vietnam. When the enemy got in or close to the wire they blasted them down. Wasn't there. Read, and wstched docs. and interviews about it. 155 I'm not sure about.

[@GunnyO326]

@@greggrace967 155s today can be loaded with cluster munitions. Probably a little more effective.

[@marinegunny826]

Marines used 105s in the Pacific during WWII Most notably on Guadalcanal at pretty much point blank range.

[@Wide_anteroo]

Also, soviet ZU-23-2 as a direct fire weapon against vehicles and infantry is kinda nasty. 23mm anti air "shotgun".

[@Ilias_Goddess]

heard one story about a tanker in iraq that blasted a enemy with the tank gun because he forgot to switch to the machine gun

[@dannydacheedo1592]

Gatling: My creation will reduce the casualties of war. Human nature: yeah...about that

[@TrumpIsYourPrez2024]

Nukes did though

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

@@TrumpIsYourPrez2024 Though it's still yes and no though Like Yes it did reduce casualties, and No, well we don't wanna know a thousand nukes to be fired should someone decided to push the bottom

[@AG3n3ricHuman]

@@TrumpIsYourPrez2024 On a related note, the US recently looked at AI for making military decisions and discovered their AI was very quick to use nuclear weapons.

[@Kkk-cc1iy]

Because its an easy solution. ​@@AG3n3ricHuman

[@e.martinez5999]

I agree, nukes have stopped major wars from breaking out.

[@DadVibesBizkitNL]

Very cool to include the Girardoni air rifle. I’m a huge air rifle enthousiast and the rifles that are built today are no joke. At that time it was really high tech. Today pre charged pneumatic rifles (PCP), like the girardoni, have around 2900PSI in the air reservoir. That having said, 80 shots on an 800PSI tank, with 46caliber round balls effectieve to 125 yards is astonishing. I have yet to see that in modern airguns. Usually at that range you could expect around 25 effective shots at 125 yards, that being a 9mm or 12.7mm pellet @ 3000 PSI

[@petershaneracoma7844]

Whoa

[@petershaneracoma7844]

Seems like air rifles can be used for assassination

[@SpyrosAdventures]

That's what I'm saying, some of the numbers just don't make sense. So you're telling me over time we lost shots per fill with technology getting better? I think he meant to say 8 shots at 800 psi. 80 shots at 800psi with a .46 cal projectile and you'd need like two dive tanks full of air to get that and I almost guarantee the girardoni wasn't regulated like a lot of modern air rifles either so that even greater reduces shots per fill. I'll believe the .46cal balls being useful to 125yds but again any air rifle today that can shoot that kind of projectile and you're lucky to get two shots out of a 500cc air tank which is quite large. As an air rifle enthusiast as well, what did you think of those numbers?

[@SpyrosAdventures]

​@@petershaneracoma7844they could but the ones that are powerful enough to kill a human with one shot still exceed the sound barrier both with the projectile, and the air behind it so they're still extremely extremely loud. You also will get a very very very limited number of shots as in 1-2 before you have to repump the gun which takes several minutes with an electric pump and about 10-15 by hand. However the ones for small game and like hogs, you could whisper over when shot but again wouldn't be lethal to people except under very extreme freak circumstances

[@DadVibesBizkitNL]

@@SpyrosAdventures yeah I’m still trying to wrap my head around those numbers. You are right about the shot count on the .45 and .50 caliber airguns like the AEA Zeus etc. That having said, those are actually even effective at around 250 yards. These produce around 1200+ FPE of muzzle energy (not velocity, energy). I have read more articles about the Girardoni and a couple of similair air guns from that era. Usually they produced around 110 FPE like about a 10/22 Ruger .22LR. But bear in mind we are talking 45cal round balls instead of 40 grain .22 bullets. So where they lethal at 125yrd? Probably, not so much as we think though. I also agree that 80 shots unregulated @ 800PSI seems way farfetched. I think they COULD get the ball to exit the barrel for 80 shots, that being the last dozen shots only go 30 feet away so to speak . They didn’t had a gauge that said they should refill. Try Empty the complete cilinder to zero PSI, you would be amazed by the amount of shots, though very weak at the end! Cheers

[@smithjack1741]

The only ones who find a weapon unfair are usually the ones losing and would use it with out a second thought had they thought of it first

[@jonrobbin170]

Sounds like Palestine today

[@soccerandtrack10]

This time the jewish people arent getting hert by people. Are nazis more hypicrites or isreal?

[@bryananderson3772]

Exactly

[@LIsForLexi.]

​@jonrobbin170 💯 a few months ago they had a much different tone then they do now...

[@averagecitizen8491]

No fight is ever a fair one. Anyone will use c whatever they have to their advantages

[@harbingerd.8457]

Germans: *Uses poison gas to inflict slow and painful death* Americans: *Brings out Shotguns* Germans: NEIN! ZIS IS NOT HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY ZE GAME!

[@WolfeSaber]

NEIN! YOU WAR CRIMINALS!

[@inoyo2.0]

Don't forget the flametrhowers

[@z-man1237]

Ha! ha! Trench Gun go CH CH

[@naidraug1990]

Germans being mad and frustrated that shotguns are taking over their trenches

[@Britishdoggoreal]

Bro germany is not at war why u using present tense ​@naidraug1990

[@nebiyuesayas5600]

For anyone who'd like to know a little more: 1. Shotguns were effective in WW1 (at close ranges only, about 50 yards at most), but they were really prone to muck and mud (especially the 1897 since it had an externalized breechblock and a lot of openings). Also, the shells were made with paper, which made them have trouble feeding if they got wet since they swelled and jammed in the gun. Brass cartridges were rare and expensive-most did not make it to Europe in time. 2. Slam fire had a really limited use-you're dealing with higher recoil, and most trench guns had really tight cones (you're not peppering 5-6 guys with one large spray of buckshot, you're blasting one dude in particular with a tight spread), so usually you just used slam fire as an emergency or if you were firing at a grouped-up target. 3. Yes, the Allies did protest sawbacks, but sawbacks don't actually inflict further damage (and like SH notes, they were purely used as tools). Also, while the protests were partially why the Germans stopped using sawbacks, it was not the only reason-the actual saw became less useful since most soldiers either didn't need a saw or got a separate tool instead, plus sawbacks take more time to make, so they were withdrawn and many had their saws removed. 4. If you have a Gewehr 98 bayonet, you can tell if your bayonet was originally a sawback by looking at the back-if the back is straight and even the whole length, it was a straight edge the whole time. If the back has a dip and thins near the middle, it was originally a sawback but had the teeth ground off. 5. For anyone curious, the reason Thompson drum mags weren't used was because they're heavy, noisy, and awkward to carry and load compared to sticks. Some were used really early on by the British, but most were withdrawn. Also, Thompson magwells have cuts milled in the sides (the stick magazines go straight into the opening, the feed lips of the drums fit around and into the cuts). The Thompsons used by gangsters (the M1921 and M1921, with the famous foregrip) and the first military Thompson (the M1928A1) have these cuts, while the WWII Thompsons (the M1 and M1A1) don't. If you milled the cuts into the receiver of a WWII Thompson, you could use the drums."

[@greggrace967]

You've been waiting your entire life to throw that out there huh lol. Informative.

[@nebiyuesayas5600]

@@greggrace967 Lmao, thanks, I just watch a lot of videos and know a thing or two.

[@Th3rst]

Bro wrote a whole essay😭😭😭💀💀🙏

[@iforgor8271]

I would love to read allat but I’m hella tired

[@nebiyuesayas5600]

@@iforgor8271 TLDR; Shotguns are situational, slamfire isn't good, sawbacks are overrated, andThompson drums aren't good,

[@Ididitlikethis2079]

Germany: No! You can’t use shotgun! It’s against the rules of warfare! America: I forgot the part where that’s my problem.

[@bruhuk_obama]

It's missed not forgot in spiderman

[@Nicky2414]

Haha, Shotgun go BOOM!

[@Wahinies]

It was rightfully brought up the use of mustard gas which made the german army at large enemy combatants under hague. Dummkopfs.

[@platypusoo7958]

Another soldier america: hey how many you kill germany soldier you have multiple or many and germany soldier you did cheat first because you use with serrated bayonets

[@GOLDHAJIKVONGOLA]

Git gud

[@paleoph6168]

And of course no one mentions the other shotguns used in WW1, the Winchester Model 1912 and the Remington Model 10, both of which were also capable of slam fire.

[@WolfeSaber]

Well, the model shown likely was the most famous.

[@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk]

Agreed

[@badger297]

OK dude we get it. You've watched other videos about the trench gun

[@thunderkatz4219]

@@badger297or he just played bf1

[@WarDaddyUSA]

@@badger297 don't get mad because his superior knowledge of firearms exceeds yours..

[@AniwayasSong]

I always chuckle when the topic of 'That's not FAIR' is used to describe the evolution of weaponry. War isn't 'Fair,' and only a Fool would try to engage in one that is.

[@leonndambuki4284]

" Humans are always creative when it comes to killing and making each other suffer but not so much in helping each other"

[@animeXcaso]

creativity is creativity

[@neoasura]

Of course, its basic instincts. Me helping you means there's less resources for me to reproduce and multiply my genetics, if I take you out though, that means more resources and more women for me to spread my seed. Sorry, blame evolution.

[@doggydude2668]

i get the point really but have you not seen how far technology everywhere else has come lol

[@noahpartic7586]

To some, Destroying lives IS crazy helpful. Million $ question...to whom🤔?

[@soccerandtrack10]

I actuelly think of policies to help people./just asume no1 cares because discrimination.

[@goodqualitysaltgg3297]

1:25. My response. "Didn't you fuckers invent the flamethrower didn't you fuckers play with mustard gas first"

[@John_Conner222]

10:01 you know if this gun made it to large scale production we might not have ever fought a war. The opposing armies wacking off to each other would have erupted in laughter and terrible jokes.

[@corymorimacori1059]

“If a bullet to the chest won’t stop you, my words will!” Winston Churchill

[@zHfHnG]

Epic Rap Battles

[@onekill31]

A bullet can't stop the bull moose!

[@chisenplayz2]

Talk no jutsu

[@xXxDeamonlordxXx]

I'm no firearm expert, but i had a friend who served in the DDR Military (not for the longest time, though.) who told me once "if you have an Uzi and a Granade and you want to sweep a room, just throw the Uzi in." I wonder if they really had such an light trigger that they could sometimes go off on their own. Maybe he spoke of the replicated Uzis.

[@jsimpkin2006]

Also been told this by a guy I work with, he was in Israel army for 20 years

[@realSoBeItOnion]

Enemy all dive to get the Uzi, then you throw the grenade. Big brain.

[@MsHriatzuala]

I think its a metaphor for highlighting its firepower at close quarter.....

[@xXxDeamonlordxXx]

@@MsHriatzuala Not really. The ones my friend described had a habit for misfire when not unloaded. "Who needs the trigger when you just need to slap the magazine." But they may have been a ripoff production😅

[@MsHriatzuala]

@@xXxDeamonlordxXx 😀😀 okok..

[@arandomgamingchannel9918]

0:24 To cheat? TO CHEAT? I would say the trench gun was used to level out the playing field.

[@broscones1986]

I feel like I've watched these videos for years and I've never seen this dude's face until now.... Cheers to you and the team, bud. Love the years of content.

[@tk1850]

in old Croatian gun magazine Delta i read about Giordini air rifle used inNapoleonic war. there was a section of French artilery officers diary about them being shoot at by air rifles. loader was shot, and they thought he had a stroke ore a heart attack untill they noticed a blood stain on chest.they saved them self with luck after that.(run away).

[@hamsta11]

if you are fighting fair, you are not fighting hard enough

[@jxdvidz9914]

13:26 I swear i lost it when the German soldier just kept going 😂😂😂

[@coltenbrown]

Can I just say that there is no such thing as fair fight thru history

[@MrOddlyFox]

After finishing the video, I wanted to say I found this video slightly more enjoyable than the typical SH video- I'm unsure if it is due to the topic or the presentation, I noticed the extended coverage of each weapon. Excellent video, thank you.

[@manicmechanic448]

The use of Chuck Norris, in battle, is a war crime.

[@archangeldo913]

That’s a fact.

[@DBoyCorleone]

That's the equivalent of the Tsar Bomb being dropped continuously until the world explodes.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Guns. Can't live with them. Can't live without them.

[@CrazyMixedGuy00]

Incorrect. You can live with them all day as proven by the hundreds of millions who have their whole lives. Good luck living without them….

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

I've lived with mine for over 6 decades.

[@princessmarlena1359]

@@CrazyMixedGuy00 agreed

[@cascadianrangers728]

The Lewis and Clark expedition west brought two Giodairni air rifles! They only used one at a time. They were by far the finest weapons on the expedition and invaluable as a huntung piece.

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

Those air rifles were insane and if they had done one thing, they could have been "unstoppable" imagine in garrison positions having them set for use with external feed. so on say, a wall, you plug a hose in and fire them that way. with that resivor being refusled by large steam engines. again same system would work on rail lines or even large wgons, where dismounted and dug in infantry fed off air lines from wagons... then when advancing attached their bottles.

[@darius0lupus]

We could of had steampunk instead of cyberpunk T.T

[@robertungsod691]

Watch kabaneri of the iron fortress they have steam guns with the soldiers carrying a miniaturized steam engine like a backpack and a tube connected to there guns they are also a steampunk society.

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

@@robertungsod691 Last Exile. with the warships using steam cannons, and steam jets to provide propulsion... well except for 1 who opts to use 57% methanol / 30% hydrazine / 13% water / small amount of Catalyst 431 potassium-cuprous cyanide - in 1 tank, and 80% concentrated hydrogen peroxide / small amounts of 8-Hydroxyquinoline / 20% water used as hypergolic oxidizer in a second tank... when combined... they almost black out from the acceleration it gives them.

[@DelinquentChibi]

For years, the Uzi was regarded as being the best SMG you could get your hands on, that is until H&K managed to one-up IMI with the invention of their MP5. Regardless, both guns are VERY sexy.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

Whenever the Uzi is mentioned, I can't help thinking of the Terminator

[@CeeKayz0rz]

There's no such thing as an "overpowered gun" that is "used to cheat". In combat, you bring as much mechanical advantage, tactical advantage, violence of action, as you possibly can. The only fair fight is the one you lose.

[@DogsCoffeeNJesus]

You're right, I just want to point out that the title is mainly to attract viewers, almost like click bait, it has to stand out and be intriguing

[@tardarsauce1842]

Tell that to the Geneva Convention/rules of war, not this KZbin channel

[@MILITIAGAMER2000]

German: *Uses flamethrowers and mustard gas* Americans: *Has shotguns* Germans: WHAT THE FU- *BOOM!*

[@kelleywade9975]

There is no cheating in war when someone is trying to kill you. It's about survival.

[@roguevector1268]

There are (and should be); things like perfidy (false surrender), targeting of medics, etc. are laws of war that are usually respected (usually but not always). Its 'cheating' (and not to mention stupid) to break those rules when your nation has already agreed to it, if only because the backlash would be worse than what you would militarily gain. Perfidy is the easiest example; if you fake surrendering once or twice to surprise your enemy, one possibility is that the enemy simply stops accepting surrenders altogether, meaning that troops who are genuinely trying to surrender gets gunned down. Similarly, offering mercy and accepting surrender is tactically and strategically sound; if you build a reputation as someone who treats prisoners fairly, it means enemies are more likely to surrender to you and not fight to the last man, meaning that your troops can be deployed elsewhere rather than dying to enemies who know that surrender is useless.

[@CrazyMixedGuy00]

Exactly.

[@reckless20]

Nukes

[@Scuffed_Gambit]

It's called a "tactical advantage"

[@firestriker3580]

Nukes aren't cheating

[@DVNEngineer9071]

German: uses chlorine gas Also german: hmm yes this is completely fair US: uses shotgun German: *GRRRR NO CHEATING ALLOWED😭😭*

[@cru24d3r]

Chuck Norris does not need guns. Guns need Chuck Norris.

[@redrocket604]

The UZI submachine gun is also popular in video games, like Grand Theft Auto.

[@mincraftproplayer1239]

That game is based on criminals…

[@noahpartic7586]

Good Thing GTA is a 🎮 right😏?

[@texasred2658]

These are all very good points

[@Defender78]

the Uzi came out in 1954 but looks modern and sleek even today

[@bottle3124]

W israel

[@blackstone1a]

The first bit on shotguns reminds me of how a few years ago I got called a "Motherfucker" in Hungarian after wiping the floor with the German team in a BF1 match while playing in the American team, to add to how fitting this was I was playing on European servers as an American... Most fitting moment of gamer rage ever

[@magicpyroninja]

It wasn't because of the shotgun they do that to any Americans that come to their servers and beat them. They'd prefer we stayed on our own servers😅

[@seanwhitman8353]

How does one say that in Hungarian? I am now curious

[@firestriker3580]

It was partially because of the shotguns

[@jaredsaldana1599]

I love that for the uzi, you added chuck Norris’ iconic scene for it

[@reddevilparatrooper]

My Dad told me that if you are not cheating in combat, that means you are not serious about living. Dad was an infantryman during Korea.

[@elmergantry6282]

Good to see the Girandoni air rifle getting some recognition.

[@noahpartic7586]

IKR. 🤔There is the matter of making the pneumatic mechanism more practical though.

[@christianamort3062]

Yeah despite the air pumping animation looking like they are dangling their ding dongs 😂xD😂

[@noahpartic7586]

@@christianamort3062 🤔Maybe they were.

[@TylerBoryla]

You got to be kidding me, the video makes it sound like it would be awful

[@sharonrigs7999]

The Gating Gun is a symbol of awesome! The Maxim was the gun used to conquer Africa. The Gatling was too heavy and bulky for much of Africa

[@inductivegrunt94]

Gatling Gun go Brrrr

[@Furzkampfbomber]

True, even the german MG 08, used to wipe out the Herero insurgency in german sw-Africa in 1904, and its improved version 08/15 were based on the Maxim.

[@sharonrigs7999]

@@Furzkampfbomber Heia Safari

[@Defender78]

16:14 the gatling gun is shown in africa, but how come the attacking people don't look African... wth

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@Defender78 How so? Are you aware how many different ethnicities you find in Africa and how ver different they can and will look? Just look at the Khoikhoi and the Zulu and how very different they look and _those_ tribes both live in South Africa.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Nothing is scarier in WW1 than a crazed marine armed with a shotgun with a short sword for a bayonet. Crossbows, however, are the perfect everyman's weapon of the medieval era. Simple to load, simple to fire, powerful when used in mass. A terrifying weapon in concept and in practice when massed enough against those armed with swords and pikes.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Tell that to the Christians in the medieval era 😂

[@theangryotaku3361]

and incredibly easy to aim compared to other ranged weapons of the time

[@AflacMan13]

Just a note, because it bigs me everytime: *... en masse...*

[@H-1467]

Shields be like: am I a joke to you ? also, most soldiers in this era were armed with spears and of course, they also carried with them a shield

[@itburnswhenipiss]

"...Capable of holding 6 12-gauge slugs, often containing double-aught buckshot." -Simple History, December 19, 2023.

[@ReggieMarshale]

5+1 in chamber

[@McGovern1981]

😂

[@gumps1986]

So… was it slugs or buckshot??

[@itburnswhenipiss]

@@gumps1986Precisely.

[@JackofNothingess]

Hey at least Chris didn't say it's a 45 shot magclip.

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

8:57 this rifle gave birth to the sniper

[@Fielza]

15:12 Gatling: nooo you cannot use it to cause suffeing! Soldiers: haha suffering go brrrrrt

[@thunderbird7020]

Germans: Use flamethrowers and chemical weapons Also Germans: Nein. You can’t use shotguns, they are dishonorable and cruel.

[@TTesttesTT]

Bullshit

[@Tahitilover1899]

Literally became a call of duty game

[@sharonrigs7999]

Das boomenstick? Nein

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

Germans were just salty 😂

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

*"Laughs in buckshot"*

[@jessa1895]

Come on y’all knew what you were doing @9:10 😂

[@lamlam2750]

The 1897 fires “shells” that can contain slugs or 00 buckshot. A slug is an ammunition type. It’s a large singular projectile. Like a massive bullet.

[@newman793]

Yeah because we didn't know that already 🙄

[@lamlam2750]

@@newman793 Apparently they didn’t because the video says the 1897 fires slugs. Like that’s the only ammunition type it fires. Miss me with your stupid comments boy.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

And boy do they do damage in BF1. I shot a cavalry rider at close range with one once and he flew about seven feet up in the air 😂

[@kennetic9196]

Shotguns in WW1 are vastly overemphasized. There weren't that many of them in the field, the paper shells weren't great in the mud, and they most definitely were not shooting grenades out of the air with them. The issued shell load was 00 buckshot, not birdshot.

[@tomster317]

Speaking of the Uzi, Major Uziel Gal of the IDF requested that the weapon not be named after him, but said request was denied. Interestingly, while living in the US, he even helped with the design of the Ruger MP9 during the early 1980s, although only 1500 of these SMGs were ever produced, despite it being called the “improved Uzi.”

[@DonaldWMeyers-dwm]

The concept of rotating barrels is still used today with the guns in some aircraft, such as the A-10, as it allows for a higher rate of fire than a single-barreled weapon.

[@johnruddick686]

During the second British Afghan war during one particular defence an officer of the Scots highlanders killed hundreds of enemy on the first day using his personal shotgun. His commanding officer banned him from using it on the second day as he deemed it "unfair" on the enemy! The position was eventually overun by the enemy but the officer his commander and a handful of men managed to escape to safety.

[@soccerandtrack10]

911 happened because he used the shotgun. Raceism ruined the middle east and caused 911.

[@lardomcfarty9866]

That didnt happen

[@owenjacobson9794]

So, based on my research of the trench gun in WW1, the weapon often jammed, as paper cartridges were often used, and was prone to swelling up and jamming.

[@ConfusedGuardsman]

Thats why we put a sword on the end of it.

[@parkerwebb3470]

Yeah but they used brass to fix it.

[@VikOlliver]

The "shooting grenades with a shotgun" is a myth, ditto carrier pigeons. Only 00 buck was issued, which patterns poorly, sparsely, and is unlikely to do much to a grenade even if you do hit it. Any hunter or clay shooter can tell you that. However the shotgun was a weapon many fresh recruits were familiar with and had killed game with before, and so had considerable effect on morale.

[@VikOlliver]

​. And the brass ones didn't make it to the front in time.

[@parkerwebb3470]

@@VikOlliver did other trench shotguns other then the 1897 have this issue.

[@sargeinamerica]

I still Remember when Reagan’s detail had an Uzi and it was on every newspaper back in day. As a kid that became one of my favorite G uns and I had this cap g un that had strips that would eject the spent cap every time you fired it. We had some good toys in the 1980’s. All metal cap g uns with removable magazines, toys R us carried them and would have these massive battles in my neighborhood that was mostly farm land and one guy had a concrete dump and he would let’s us play there. We had bunkers and culverts to climb in.

[@marscaleb]

2:07 The sawtooth bayonets were actually deemed against the Hague convention, and German soldiers who were caught with one were brutally murdered and their corpse left where their buddies could find it. As a result soldiers in the trenches made sure none of their buddies ever carried one, but some still showed up at the front with one, and had to be told to get rid of it. Source: it is mentioned in All Quiet on the Western Front

[@marscaleb]

Ah jeez, the video went into these later on.

[@edwardyuan793]

If you ain't cheating you ain't trying.

[@ItzJustHistory1916]

You should have mentioned the Meiji government of Japan’s use of the Gatling gun during the Satsuma rebellion. That’s straightaway where my mind goes when I think of the Gatling gun, especially in the context of one side of a conflict being strongly outgunned because of it

[@nicholasholloway8743]

I believe they based a scene in The Last Samurai on that.

[@ItzJustHistory1916]

Yes, good catch! I think the whole movie was based roughly on the Satsuma Rebellion

[@aarondutsch5583]

Germans: you can use shotguns USA: did I ask

[@No-One-of-Consequence]

9:20 was a bit of a shock when I was skipping through. You have to be more careful when you animate things...

[@deilusi]

8:00 crossbow part is an understatement. Crossbow separated strength menial task of loading from shooting, so one experianced crosbowman, could have used 2 or 3 people to load many crossbows at once, which allowed one man to shoot both a lot of shots, and as he did not tire himself loading, he could do it though most of the battle. it also allowed use of bigger projectiles, above 250lbs that was the limit for bows. Second part that those 10 century old weapons, still penetrate even most modern armors. Bolt could one shot a horse, as well as it can kill against modern armor, that focuses fast and light vs heavy and slow crossbow bolt.

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

I can't believe you didn't include the MG42 Machine gun in this video

[@Swagmaster07]

I think the G11 deserves an entry here, it drops no brass upon firing! And has a fast burst fire. It would have been used by West Germany but was canceled due to other reassons.

[@MaeJavar]

Mom: Why were you in the shower so long? Me: It's not what you think. I was pumping up my air rifle

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

Other guns you could have added was the 2 American Civil War rifles the Spencer and Henry Repeaters. Also the Gatling gun originally used iron casings that had separately attached percussion caps like on a pistol/revolver, and a minie style bullet inserted into the casing, often in the same caliber as the rifle muskets issued to infantry; the metallic cartridge we know now was not modeled into the Gatling until prior to the Span.-Am. War in 1898. Also infamously, Custer of Little Bighorn infamy; had the chance to take a Gatling with him, but as it was the same as during the Civil War, it was cumbersome and heavy to move around so he forsaken the weapon. Trivia: The Dreyse Needle Rifle while for a time vastly advanced, had a flaw...While it had superior firepower the accuracy was lacking because of the bullet it used, the shape of the round was to some level ahead of its time but because of how it was made in the paper cartridge it had to sit in a type of cup, and with its diameter not perfectly engaging the rifling it compromised performance leading to poor long range power. Resulting in suffering from long distance fire but when they close in takes advantage of the futuristic idea of volume of fire at close range.

[@stevecastro1325]

It’s only cheating when you are on the receiving end.

[@ronniebentley5847]

And the shotgun is still used today.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Next thing you'll know, in the future we'll have laser/plasma blasters and Bolt guns

[@greggrace967]

Albert Einstein was quoted as saying he didn't know how the next war would be fought but the one after that would be fought with sticks and stones. That's something to think about huh.... may not be exact quote but pretty close.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

​@@greggrace967"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

[@user-em8yf6nq1r]

Duerman a los fans de 40k, no pueden estar ni 5 minutos sin dar verguenza

[@TKDragon75]

The Gatling Gun was not often actually used during the Civil War until the Siege of Petersburg where several were purchased personally by officers.

[@emperorcokelord1021]

Even then, it's treated like cannons when they did used it

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I would’ve also included the AK-47 too. It is such a reliable gun that has revolutionized the modern battlefield. It could be thrown in the mud, doused in sand, frozen, dumped in 10 feet of water, it just wouldn’t ever stop working. It’s so easy to disassemble and reassemble that a child could do it, and in many places they do. It’s incredibly cheap and simple to make; so much so that one in every five guns in the world is an AK. It’s been used from the steppes of Mongolia to the cities of former Yugoslavia and the savannas and deserts of Southern Africa. If I were to ever fight in a war I would want an AK.

[@damienreyna5879]

13:33 "STOP HES ALREADY DEAD!" LMFAO! 😂

[@thepunisher8676]

Germans: "develop poison gas and flamethrowers"😊 Americans: "bring hunting shotguns"🫡 Germans: 😡😡

[@Jimmy2003MLPFIM]

5:52 Chuck Norris

[@MattCaliber]

I actually shot a full auto uzi once. It was surprisingly easy to use. And a lot of fun to shoot.

[@nursestoyland]

did you shoot it while on a bicycle?

[@FishKepr]

Try an MP5 next. So smooth.

[@parrot849]

As a retired U.S. postal inspector, just wanted to say thanks for remembering our use of the Thompson submachine gun as one of our tools of the trade in a small part of our very long history as one of the first federal law enforcement agencies of our republic.

[@NeedForSpeed.2004]

0:49 is that a red John Deere 4020?

[@homeaccount7977]

Sorry, but the statement: "Containing 6 12ga slugs, often containing 00 buckshot" is inaccurate. Shells either have slugs or buckshot, you don't have "slugs containing buckshot". A slug is a single solid projectile in a shell. Buckshot is multiple projectiles in a shell. The word "slug" and the word "shell" mean entirely different things, they're not interchangeable

[@isaiahhuntington6663]

That’s what my thought was when I heard that phrase.

[@marcosgalvis3498]

0:25 *When the DOOM music kicks in*

[@jaykemm3472]

I noticed the Death Star was not listed here.

[@CT-3773]

Or the eclipse

[@CT-3773]

Eclipse star destroyer

[@fordlower2527]

You forgot about Kalthoff flintlock repeater invented in 1630. Although made in very limited numbers due to the complexity of design, it actually saw combat during siege of Copenhagen in 1692. Frederick III armed his elite troops with those repeaters for defending the royal palace. Their advantage was in a huge rate of fire per minute, they were easy to reload (with some training, of course), and they had a capacity of 30 rounds. Ironically enough, nowadays majority of assault rifles has capacity of 30 rounds in magazine

[@PongPogPonderan]

Fun fact about the ahnihilator in H3VR. in the modded Zombies game mode (a fan ported and remade cod zombies game mode) The Pack-a-punched ahnihilator becomes "Utter Devastation"

[@Leonardonanni-ml2cf]

16:57 truly WTF IS A KILOMETER moment

[@ArthurMorganCHEESE]

3:35 when the add ends

[@davidjohnlm3404]

i really love watching these kinds of content❤❤❤

[@warrmalaski8570]

Another weapon that would fit in this. The short spear Shaka Zulu designed. Instead of standing off and throwing long spears until one side decided they had enough. Causing relatively few casualties. Shaka Zulu used his short spear to get close and slaughter his enemies. Who had deficits welding their long spears at point-blank range.

[@Valcorr_122]

I love that when he talks about serrated bayonets, he mentions that the first world war was know for the use of more modern weapons, but there is a dude fighting with a shovel😂😂

[@aLeX-dz6fp]

Imagine using a trench shotgun in ww1 and the german you just killed reports you for hacking💀💀💀

[@Stand_with_Israel]

Underrated comment

[@myleftnut3934]

So what was worse? Being able to lay down an impressive amount of firepower that would devastate your opponent OR getting captured by said opponent and being tortured to death as was their customs?

[@TobinTheTigershark]

7:32 is the 1700s version of "9mm blows the lung out of the body" -Joe Biden

[@MrBoognet]

13:10 "Created unnecessary suffering" as the German belly stabs the dude caveman style 24 times. Priceless.

[@brianwong7285]

Geez, where's the evidence for that anyways?!

[@jbstepchild]

A 1:14 twist rate in rifles was also super nasty causing the bullets to tumble an ca8se much more flesh damage

[@jbstepchild]

Its never a war crime the first time lets be creative folks

[@OmicronTauKappaClassicDaddy]

The guy at 6:00 kinda looks like Chuck Norris!

[@chrisnotyou]

If you're fighting "fair" during war, you're gonna lose.

[@OrangeJuiceIsGood2233]

True

[@ReplehcountyArchives-f2o]

Germany: you can’t use shotguns America:how bout I do anyway

[@MsHriatzuala]

1:22 Germany arguing about the used of shotgun...stating about its cruelty ...😆😆

[@Willy_Tepes]

Gatling guns against striking workers,...those were indeed different times. I miss them ;)

[@hyperion6820]

Slam fire shotgun is so based it made the Germans cry about banning them instead of realizing their skill issue. Gatling Gun is also very epic and very based too with the brrrr it brings.

[@christaylor6654]

There is no cheating in war just annoyances

[@GusColes]

At the beginning of the shotgun section it shows in the background is a red version of a John deer model 3020 which was made from 1964 to 1972 while the video shows it during ww1 which is inaccurate

[@Super_Canadian]

1:56 I love the BF1 map reference